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Operation Overlord

Russia · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1942–1944Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1942

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Churchill unofficially informs the Soviets in a memorandum handed to Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov that the resources necessary for an invasion were lacking in 1942

1944

Joseph StalinJune 1944

Normandy · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ath Churchills request Stalin agrees to an offensive during the Normandy landings

Names involved

Joseph StalinVyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov

Provenance

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